SHOW us yur finishing room

[larry merlau]

for showing your room with pic's, now for some questions..first why skylights on west side? isnt the south side more light giving? and are you happy witht he skylights? also is that fan sufficient to exhaust your fumes? what or how did you heat that area? nice looking setup. the kraft paper must be to proteck the table top from the coatings?

[Nancy Laird]

first why skylights on west side? isnt the south side more light giving?

The orientation of the building pretty much dictated that the skylights face west. The roof of the finishing room is tied into the roof of the main building at the peak and slopes down to "normal" height (you can see that slope in the picture with the fan). The skylights are those bulbous ones that stick up beyond roof level so there is light that comes in from the south as well. Since much of hubby's work takes place in late afternoon, the west light is good.

and are you happy with the skylights?

Yes. We have two of the same skylights on the house--been there for over 11 years, and never had a leak.

also is that fan sufficient to exhaust your fumes?

Not totally. I think if we were to do it over we would probably go with a larger CFM fan, but since all we spray is lacquer (and I'm one of those who doesn't mind the smell), it's sufficient for now. It will probably be replaced with something larger in the next year or so, as we are going to add another room to the back of the shop using that as a common wall, so the fan will have to move anyway.

what or how did you heat that area?
We have a 80,000 BTU gas furnace in an attached lean-to on the other end of the shop building that heats the shop and the adjoining laser shop. The main shop is about 20x35, finishing room is 12x20, and the laser building is 12x20, and there are times when the heat drives me out.

nice looking setup. Thank you.

the kraft paper must be to proteck the table top from the coatings?
Yep. That table is a folding ShopBoss base, and hubby built a tabletop for it from 1/2" BB ply edged with hard maple. It (and the other two just like it) goes with me to my craft fairs, so we don't want it messed up with (any more) lacquer, so we use either the Kraft paper or cardboard to protect the top.

Glad you like it.

Nancy

[Keith July]

Larry,
You have seen my dark dusty spray booth.
Your blades are done.
Steve...

Keith

[Allen Bookout]

That's all there is so far. Some cut up wood, a roll of plastic and an explosive fan. I am going to spray water based products so should be OK. I mostly want a clean place to spray and also have a simple system to keep the overspray off of my stuff.

[Al Navas]

Wanted to share, to let you know that your booth does not have to be very expensive:

Some foam insulation, a 2,200 CFM explosion-proof motor behind it, blowing to the outside; the room is 12' X 15':




The "booth" was stitched together using stick-on Velcro strips, to make "hinges" that allow opening or closing the sides, to adjust the opening to the work piece, and to increase or reduce the flow over it.

The little table in the booth rotates in such a way that the work piece is always between you and the exhaust fan. The piece of kraft paper under the exhaust filter is the area onto which I spray to adjust the HVLP spray pattern. The canvas on the floor protects the vinyl flooring, but it IS a dust catcher!

Thanks for looking!


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[Sammy Shuford]

Here it is, move out the planner, jointer, and hang the tarps. The blower hose actually goes out the door behind the tarps when in use.

[Allen Bookout]

I am putting my temporary spray booth up again so I thought that I would show you what I am useing. It is just 1x4s covered with 4mil clear plastic. Each side is composed of two 4'x8' sections joined with three hinges so the structure is 8'x8'x8'. The top is also covered with two 4'x8' sections.



Here I am just starting to join the first two corners. I leave each section bent at the hinges so that they will free stand. After the corners are joined I can straighten them out and screw on the next section.



I am just using a plain old attic gable exhaust fan. I have been using it as an exhaust fan for the booth as I have been using it with water based procucts so have not been woried about explosions. Now I want to use some non waterbased stuff so have turned it around to use it as a blower and keep the electic motor out of the way of the fumes. It worked great as an exhaust setup so I am hoping that it will work just as well as a blower setup. Charlie Plesums suggested this so I am sure that it will work fine.



All set up and ready to spray. I left the fan filter up to show the fan. Needless to say I will push that down before spraying.



I was tired of hunting down stuff to set my finished stuff on until it dried so I finally built a drying rack. Not very fancy but should do the job. Better than nothing, that is for sure.

It sure would be nice to have a seperate finishing room but I am doing the best with what I have. It waste a lot of time sometimes.

[Al Navas]

VERY nice, Allen! It is good to see this in action. Thanks for sharing!


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[Duncan Cheslett]

I reckon my entire finishing set-up cost me less than £1500 ($3000). Spray booths come up regularly from companies closing down and go for pennies - taking them down is such a messy job.



I'm lucky enough to have a 500 sq ft space to put it in seperate from the main shop.

Drying racks are simply pairs of rows of clip-on shelf brackets fixed to the wall.

[John Whittaker]

Allen Bookout.....
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU.

Being space challenged, I've been using very large folded up cardboard held together with duct tape. I've been wanting to "upgrade" but still need something foldable.....and you're pictures made the little light bulb inside the noggin go off...or is that on??? Either way....Nice work and thanks for posting.

How much room does your booth take up when it's folded and in storage?